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The European Medicines Agency authorizes Janssen's single dose vaccine
The European Medicines Agency authorizes Janssen's single dose vaccine

The EU has ordered 200 million doses of this vaccine, 21 million of them are for Spain, which will receive first 5.5 million from April…

Covid update: 229 new cases, 127 in Tenerife, 71 in Gran Canaria
Covid update: 229 new cases, 127 in Tenerife, 71 in Gran Canaria

The incidence rate over 7 days for the islands has now passed 60… Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura are the islands with the worst data…

Greece ready for ‘a race with the Canary Islands’ to get British tourists first
Greece ready for ‘a race with the Canary Islands’ to get British tourists first

The Greek Tourism Minister has said they are ready to receive English tourists from May in a massive way…

Vaccination teams administer more than 7,000 doses for the first time in one day
Vaccination teams administer more than 7,000 doses for the first time in one day

The Ministry of Health are pleased with progress as supply and inoculation of the vaccines has increased…

Canary Islands to approve restrictions similar to those of Carnival for Easter
Canary Islands to approve restrictions similar to those of Carnival for Easter

The Government will toughen measures to avoid contagion at Easter as infections continue to rise in the islands...

94 new outbreaks this week, 72% are from family or social gatherings
94 new outbreaks this week, 72% are from family or social gatherings

Three outbreaks of Covid in Tenerife after a birthday celebration and two family meals...

The haze is returning to the Canary Islands
The haze is returning to the Canary Islands

The State Meteorological Agency forecasts that tomorrow there will be a general rise in temperatures throughout the islands…

Covid update: Second day with more than 200 cases, and Tenerife more than 100
Covid update: Second day with more than 200 cases, and Tenerife more than 100

Daily cases have increased again, this time to 221, Tenerife has the most with 112, and Gran Canaria has 76…

Health are considering moving Tenerife and Gran Canaria to Level 3
Health are considering moving Tenerife and Gran Canaria to Level 3

Tenerife adds more than 100 cases for the first time in two months...

Cloudy in the north, clearer elsewhere today in the Canary Islands
Cloudy in the north, clearer elsewhere today in the Canary Islands

Full forecast for all the islands here...

Covid update: Canary Islands register 210 new cases and four more deaths
Covid update: Canary Islands register 210 new cases and four more deaths

Tenerife adds 102 new infections and Gran Canaria has 89 as there is a spike in cases in the two capital islands…

When will you be vaccinated? You can find out here…
When will you be vaccinated? You can find out here…

The government have released the complete vaccination schedule with final dates when all groups will have been inoculated…

Covid update: Cases pass 42,000 in the Canaries with 152 new ones today
Covid update: Cases pass 42,000 in the Canaries with 152 new ones today

Although the incidence rate has continued to drop in Lanzarote, an increase in the other islands has kept the AI7 above 50 and the AI14 above 110 for the archipelago…

More than 56,000 Canaries residents are already immunized against Covid-19
More than 56,000 Canaries residents are already immunized against Covid-19

Up until yesterday, 175,259 doses of the three vaccines have been administered in-line with the vaccination plan…

Infections stagnate in the Canaries, Balearics could have tourists first
Infections stagnate in the Canaries, Balearics could have tourists first

The Canary Islands are struggling to lower the AI7 below 50, the Balearics have had tougher restrictions and are now at 25.40...

Covid update: Sunday has 159 new cases and three Covid deaths
Covid update: Sunday has 159 new cases and three Covid deaths

Gran Canaria and Tenerife are now all but having the same number of new cases everyday, Sunday was 72 and 69 respectively...

Yellow weather warning ends today as winds subside throughout day
Yellow weather warning ends today as winds subside throughout day

At 9am today the yellow weather warning ends due to strong winds, although it will continue with some intensity until this evening...

Covid update: Tenerife is most infected island, La Gomera has first death
Covid update: Tenerife is most infected island, La Gomera has first death

There have been 170 new cases and 5 deaths reported today...

UK impose fines for anyone leaving country without justification
UK impose fines for anyone leaving country without justification

All citizens must fill out a form which is presented to the airlines before boarding giving reason for travel...

Vaccines are taking affect, no new cases in nursing homes this week
Vaccines are taking affect, no new cases in nursing homes this week

New cases among the most vulnerable have dropped by over 97% nationally in just over a month...